How the Cocoon Spiral Showers at Donovan House Work

Where: 1155 14th St Nw [map], Washington, DC, United States, 20005

4/24/2008 at 2:01 PM
Tags: Thompson Hotels, Hotel Hype, Hotel Showers, Jason Pomeranc

Pretty much all we've ever cared about in the opening of the Donovan House, the newest hotel from Thompson Hotels in D.C., is what the heck these cocoon spiral showers look like and how they work.

In the first extensive review of the hotel, which we got from Hotel Maven Flying Mermaid, we learned a lot about the property but nothing really about this "exotic" shower.

Now thanks to Scott Nash, we have some great photos and a helpful diagram of how it works:

If you looked down at the Cocoon shower, it would look like this.

· 1: The shower head is here, built in flush to the ceiling.
· 2: Soap shelf
· 3: On/off
· 4: No door, but there's a lip to keep the water from running out. Unfortunately, water does tend to pool here, so if you're not careful you end up stepping in cold water when you're done.

Thanks Scott, now we can sleep at night!

So far, the Donovan House has gotten some decent reviews--decent for a hotel that's still in a soft-opening phase. Of course, the Blackbook-Thompson Hotels love affair continues with Blackbook's recent post on the new hotel saying, "[I]f anyone can get the capital grooving, it’s unquestionably that world leader of fashionable hotel-ing himself, Jason Pomeranc."

Jason, our Groove Meters are on. We're watching you.